Automobile hood



Nov; 8, 1927. 1,648,086

J. WATSON AUTOMOBILE HOOD Filed Nov. 19. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 3 gj je W 11 51 Nov. 8, 1927. f 1,648,086

J. WATSON I AUTOMOBILE noon Filed Nov. 19, 1,92,; 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Z6 4 Z5 M Patented Nov. 8, 1927.

warren STATES JAMES WATSON, F MARINETTE, WISCONSIN.

AUTOMOBILE noon.

Application filed November 19, 1923. Serial No. 675,740.

This invention aims to provide a hood for an automobile which will be water tight, novel means being provided for hingedly connecting the sections ofthe hood so that there will be no leakage at the hinges, the hood being so constructed that it can be opened into a convenient position, on both sides, at once. p

ltis within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and. to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

W' ith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that,within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 shows in top plan, a device constructed in accordance with the invention,

parts being broken away; Figure 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-8 of Figure 1,-

parts being broken away; Figure 4: is a sec- 3 tional detail illustrating a portion of the lower section of the hood; Figure 5 is an elevation wherein the device forming the subject matte'r oi this application appears in side elevation; Figure 6 is a sectional detail on the line 66 of Figure 5; Figure? is a perspective view showing the way in which the beads of certain parts of the hood are interengaged; Figure 8 is an end elevation wherein the hood is shown fully opened; and Figure 9 is a sectional detail illustrating the relation existing between certain parts of the hood.

The numeral 1 marks the cowl of an automobile, the same including an inner member 2 having a transverse groove 3 extended across the top of the said member and down-,

wardly along the sides thereof, a flange 4 projecting forwardly from the grooved portion 3 of the member 2. The numeral 5 designates the outer member of the cowl 1, between the members 2 and 5 of the cowl, the

outer member 5 of the cowl having a de-' pending lip .7 extended downwardly into the groove 3 of the inner member of the cowl entirely about the cowl transversely. The numeral 8 designates a radiator casing pro- 1 radiator casing 8. Studs 19 are secured at shaped beads'25, engaged with the underlyi The vided at its top and along its sides with a groove 9 corresponding'to the groove 3 of the cowl. i

A. hollow support 10 is mounted on the flange 4 of the cowl and is secured thereto in any suitable way, as indicated at 11. A hollow support 12 is secured at 1 1 to the radiator casing 8. The hood comprises a central section 15 which is fixed, the section 15 embodying a top 16 having underlying hooloshaped beads 17 along its longitudinal edges, the top 16 carrying depending end flanges 18. The supports 10 and 12 are received within the central section 15 and the central section is upheld by the supports, the end flanges 18 01 the central section extending downwardly into the groove 3 of the cowl 1, and into the groove 9 of the 20 to the flange 4 of the cowl and to the upperportion oi the radiator casing 8, the studs projecting upwardly through the supports 12 and 10, and through tip-standing collars 21 which are formed on the top 16 of the centralsection 15 of the hood. Nuts 22 are threaded on the upper ends of the :1

studs 17 and engage v the top 16 of the cen+ tral section 15 of the hood, the nuts 22 be ing supplied in their lower surfaces with re 5 cesses 23 receiving the collars 21.

The intermediate sections ofthe hood'are denoted by the numeral 2e and'are' provided at their upper edges with upstanding hook,-

ing hookeshaped beads 17 of the central section 15 of the hood. The flanges 18 at the ends of the central section 15,1naybe turned downwardly from the position shown in Figure 7 to the position shown in Figure 9 to prevent the beads'25 and 17 from sliding endwise out of engagement with each other.

intermediate sections 24 have end flanges26 adapted toeXtend downwardly into the groove 3 of the cowl 5. andinto the groove 9 of the radiator casing 8. The lower sections of the hood are markedby the numeral 27 and. the joints 28 between the lower sections 27 and the intermediate sections 24 are of the'sort delineated inFigure 7 and hereinbefore described. 'Each section 27 is supplied at its lower end with an outstandsections 27 being extended as at 31, to close 1m 1 the ends of the tubular parts 30. As will be understood readily by those skilled in the art, when Figures 4; and 5 are examined. the parts 29 and 30 are adapted to be engaged by the ordinary shackles 33, to hold the hood in closed condition.

One of the important features of the hood is that it is practically Water-tight. Water running down the outer member 5 of the cowl 1 will be directed by the lip 7 into the groove 3. The hood, further is rendered water-tight owing to the provision of the co operating parts 18 and 3 and 18 and 9 of Figure 3 together with such elements as the parts 26 and 3 of Figure 6, a detailed enumeration of all of the various flanges which cooperate with the grooves 3 and 9 being unnecessary.

It will be obvious that water cannot pass any of the joints between the various parts ofthe hood, because, at the joints, theconstruction shown at-1725 inFigure'EZ is duplicated. Water cannot find its way about the studs 19, because the nuts 22 are bound tightly against the top 16 ot' the central section 15 and because the top 16 is provided with the collars 21 which are received in the recesses 23 of the nuts 22. Owing to the provision of the central section 15 (Figure 8), and owing tothe shape ofthe parts 24 and 27, both sides of the hood may be raised at once, the parts 24- abutting against each other,as shown in Figure 8 and the members 27 hanging in depending positions.

-A three-point'loc-k is afforded since the edge 17 is engaged at with the'be'ad' 25, the edge of thebead 25 being engaged at 51 with the bead l7,'and the curved portion of i the bead 25 bearing-as at 52 on the top 16.-

This detail is shown most clearly in Figure 2 of the drawings, but obtains wherever such elements as the parts'17 and 25 are used. Figure 2 is drawn on a considerably large scale in order to make certain parts ofthe structure clear. It will bennderstood that the beads 17' and 25 have some resiliency, owing to the nature of the material out of which they are made. 1 1

What is claimed is:

' 1. An automobile hood comprising a fixed central section, intermediate sections, hinges uniting the intermediate sections directly to the outer edges of the central section, and outer sections hinged to the intermediate sections, the central section being of such width that when the intermediate sections are tolded upwardly into engagement with each other, and when the outer sections are folded downwardly, the center of mass of both intermediate sections and the corresponding 'outer sectionswill be above and between the hinges, thereby causing the intermediate and Thus,

outer sections to remain in the positions specified.

2. In a vehicle hood of the class described, the combination with a member having a transverse groove, of asupport mounted on said member, a central hood section carried by the support and equipped with a flange extended into the groove, a lateral section hinged to the central section, a stud carried by said member and extended through the support and through the central section, and means carried by the stud for retaining the central section and seating the flange of the central section in the groove of said member.

between the sections, and forming a watershedding joint, one section having bendable integral end flanges disposed approximately at right angles to the axis of the heads, the flanges cooperating with the ends of the beads to prevent the beads from moving endwise out of engagement with each other. 5. The combination with the cowl and the radiator casing of an automobile, of a hollow support mounted. on the cow], a hollow support mounted on the radiator casing, an

inverted trough-shaped central section completely housing the supports and mounted on the supports, lateral sections hinged to the central-section, and mechanisms for holding the central section and the supports together,

one of said mechanisms holding one support on the .cowl, and the other of said mechanisms holding the other support on the radiator. casing.

.6. l ne. device of the class described, spaced supports, a central-section mounted on the supports, a lateral section hinged to the central section, studs extended through the supports, thecentral section having collars located about the studs, and nuts threaded on the studs and provided with recesses receiv- 1 i ing the collars.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

JAMES WATSON. 

